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BLUNTLY SPEAKING
See Perlmutter's Column on Page Three
Carter States:
Begin No
Vol. XXXII No. 41, Thursday, May 26, 1977 Price Ten Cents
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-The State
W Department declined to say whether
the Carter administration supports
Jewish Organizations Endorse Likud's
Call For National Unity In Israel
In congratulatory messages to
Likud leader Menachem Begin,
whose party won the largest block of
seats in Israel's Knesset in last
week's elections, Jewish
organizations throughout the United
States endorsed Likud's call for a
national unity government in Israel,
and reaffirmed the commitment of
the American Jewish community in
support of the State of Israel.
ZOA
Rabbi Joseph P. Sternstein,
president of the Zionist Organization
of America cabled congratulations
in behalf of the ZOA to the leaders of
Likud, Menachem Begin, Simcha
Ehrlich and Ezer Weizman.
"The outcome of the Knesset
election in Israel is a turning point in
the history of the Jewish State. It
demonstrates the maturity of
Israel's electorate and reinforces
the faith in Israel's democratic
process," said Rabbi Sternstein.
"As General Zionists, we
wholeheartedly endorse Likud's call
for a national unity government in
Israel, the formation of which is
dictated by the present internal
situation and external challenges
facing the State of Israel. The
Zionist Organization of America has
long been an advocate of a national
unity government in Israel.
"We call upon the American
Jewish community to give every
encouragement to the people of
Israel to close ranks and bring about
national unity to withstand
pressures that would force her to
make sacrifices without the at-
tainment of a full and lasting
peace."
Begin's Illness Raises
Questions On Leadership
TEL AVIV, (JTA)-Political
cirlces in Israel speculated that
Menachem Begin, slated to be
Israel's next Prime Minister, who
was hospitalized for what his aides
said was the result of the strains
imposed by the election, may not be
permitted to undertake strenuous
work for some time. Aides said his
illness was apparently not serious,
and attending doctors said that tests
so far indicated that Mr. Begin had
not suffered another heart attack.
Speculation was also current as to
who Likud might propose for
Premier should Begin be unable to
assume that office because of health
reasons. Political sources also said
that Likud without Begin would be
more acceptable to the Labor Party
as a possible coalition partner. Some
sources believe that Labor Party
leader Shimon Peres might engineer
a Labor-Likud coalition under those
circumstances despite his repeated
assertions that the gap between the
two parties on domestic and foreign
policy issues were unbridgeable.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin announced that he
would resume the leadership of his
734-5000
RED CAB
caretaker Government from Shimon
Peres, his Defense Minister and the
defeated Labor candidate for Prime
Minister.
Mr. Rabin began a vacation April
22 after his position in party
leadership became untenable due to
disclosures that he and his wife had
violated currency regulations by
keeping dollar accounts in a
Washington bank.
He said that he now wished to
resume office and transfer
responsibility to the next Prime
Minister.
Likud is negotiating with a
number of religious parties as well
as with a new political party, the
Democratic Movement for Change,
which is expected to have 15 seats in
Parliament. While it is
mathematically possible for Likud
to win a bare majority without that
party, Likud officials are seeking
the party's support in order to put
together as large a coalition as
possible.
Mr. Begin's illness raised some
questions about whom Likud would
choose for Prime Minister in the
event he could not serve. A Likud
spokesman said that the agreement
in the bloch, which comprises
several political groups, was that
the No. 1 spot belonged to the Herut-
Freedom ~ Movement, which is
controlled by Mr. Begin.
The next three names in order of
Continued on Page Eight
The Rabbinical Assembly
The following cable was sent to the
new Israeli leader, Menachem
Begin by the Conservative rab-
binate:
"Mazel Tov and heartfelt
blessings on your outstanding vic-
tory at the polls. We are heartened
by this manifestation of the ex-
pression of the democratic process
and as a tribute to your many years
of dedicated and unflagging
leadership. The voting reflects the
overwhelming identity of the
citizens of Israel with the principle
of the legitimacy of religious and
political pluralism.
We reaffirm our continued
adherence to this principle inherent
in Zionist ideology and the Israeli
tradition and we are confident that
these concepts will have your
sympathetic understanding. May
you pursue the path of peace and
conciliation with the same diligence
reflected in your lifelong service to
the Jewish people."
UOJC
Harold M. Jacobs, president of the
Continued on Page Eight
PAUL D. SLATER has been re-
appointed to a second term as 1978
general campaign chairman of the
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of
Greater Boston. A trustee of CJP
and member of its executive board,
Slater was the first New Englander
to be appointed National Heart Fund
chairman, American Heart
Association, and was the Greater
Boston Heart Fund general cam-
paign chairman for several years.
He is president of Albert M. Slater &
Son, real estate investors and one of
New England's largest private
financing organizations.
the position taken by the Ford ad-
ministration not to tolerate the use
by the Arab countries of the oil
weapon in negotiations for a Middle
East settlement.
State department spokesman
Hodding Carter referred to a
reporter's question on that point as
hypothetical. He also refused to give
an assessment of statements over
the weekend by Saudi Arabian
Crown Prince Fahd and Eygptian
Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy that
brought the threats of an oil em-
bargo into the political process.
Fahd, who declared that "we want
eoce
the United States to throw all its
weight into the process of reaching a
Mideast settlement," also an-
nounced that Saudi Arabia is
"prepared" to raise the price of its
oil.
In a statement which he read to
the media, the state department
spokesman declared that "quiet
diplomacy offers the best prospects
for progress. He said he would not
speculate about what might happen
in hypothetical situations." He noted
that President Carter, in his Notre
Dame University commencement
Continued on Page Eight
JNF To Honor Jacob Cohen:
A 'Scholar's Scholar
by A. Alan Eliot
TO BE HONORED Jacob Cohen, shown in the book-lined room of his
Brookline apartment, will be honored by New England Jewry at the 34th
Annual Dinner of New England Jewish National Fund on Sunday evening,
June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Copley Plaza Hotel. A Woodland of 2,500 trees in
the American Bicentennial National Park, near Jerusalem, will be
established in his name.
At a time when there's much
handwringing by sociologists,
community planners and educators
about the bleak prospects for
Judaism, it's comforting to know
there is at least one knowledgeable
individual who sees a bright future
for American Jews.
He is Jacob Cohen of Brookline
whose entire life has been devoted to
scholarship and to Zionism and who
spent more than half a century
enlightening people about the needs
of a Jewish state.
"My confidence in the future of
American Jewry," declared the 84-
year old consultant to the New
England Jewish National Fund, "is
predicated on the fact that in these
United States we enjoy that freedom
and democratic faith which is
practically a guarantee for Jewish
survival, assimilation and in-
termarriage notwithstanding."
The widely respected Jacob
Cohen, a veritable ambulating
encyclopedia of instant history,
talmud, Hebrew literature and
scholarship, is far from alarmed
about recent surveys dealing with
Jewish education and Jewish
family-life in the Greater Boston
area.
"Freedom doesn't destroy
culture-any culture-if people know
how to use freedom and at the same
time have a knowledge and un-
derstanding of their culture."
Unlike many who are worried
about the low state in this area of
Jewish education, the erudite Jacob
Cohen, often-referred to as a
scholar's scholar, sees the
development of a stronger and
better-educated Jewish community
because of the all-day Hebrew
schools such as Maimonides and
Solomon Schecter schools.
This note of optimism is
Continued on Page Eight
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BLUNTLY SPEAKING
See Perlmutter's Column on Page Three
Carter States:
Begin No
Vol. XXXII No. 41, Thursday, May 26, 1977 Price Ten Cents
WASHINGTON, (JTA)-The State
W Department declined to say whether
the Carter administration supports
Jewish Organizations Endorse Likud's
Call For National Unity In Israel
In congratulatory messages to
Likud leader Menachem Begin,
whose party won the largest block of
seats in Israel's Knesset in last
week's elections, Jewish
organizations throughout the United
States endorsed Likud's call for a
national unity government in Israel,
and reaffirmed the commitment of
the American Jewish community in
support of the State of Israel.
ZOA
Rabbi Joseph P. Sternstein,
president of the Zionist Organization
of America cabled congratulations
in behalf of the ZOA to the leaders of
Likud, Menachem Begin, Simcha
Ehrlich and Ezer Weizman.
"The outcome of the Knesset
election in Israel is a turning point in
the history of the Jewish State. It
demonstrates the maturity of
Israel's electorate and reinforces
the faith in Israel's democratic
process," said Rabbi Sternstein.
"As General Zionists, we
wholeheartedly endorse Likud's call
for a national unity government in
Israel, the formation of which is
dictated by the present internal
situation and external challenges
facing the State of Israel. The
Zionist Organization of America has
long been an advocate of a national
unity government in Israel.
"We call upon the American
Jewish community to give every
encouragement to the people of
Israel to close ranks and bring about
national unity to withstand
pressures that would force her to
make sacrifices without the at-
tainment of a full and lasting
peace."
Begin's Illness Raises
Questions On Leadership
TEL AVIV, (JTA)-Political
cirlces in Israel speculated that
Menachem Begin, slated to be
Israel's next Prime Minister, who
was hospitalized for what his aides
said was the result of the strains
imposed by the election, may not be
permitted to undertake strenuous
work for some time. Aides said his
illness was apparently not serious,
and attending doctors said that tests
so far indicated that Mr. Begin had
not suffered another heart attack.
Speculation was also current as to
who Likud might propose for
Premier should Begin be unable to
assume that office because of health
reasons. Political sources also said
that Likud without Begin would be
more acceptable to the Labor Party
as a possible coalition partner. Some
sources believe that Labor Party
leader Shimon Peres might engineer
a Labor-Likud coalition under those
circumstances despite his repeated
assertions that the gap between the
two parties on domestic and foreign
policy issues were unbridgeable.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister
Yitzhak Rabin announced that he
would resume the leadership of his
734-5000
RED CAB
caretaker Government from Shimon
Peres, his Defense Minister and the
defeated Labor candidate for Prime
Minister.
Mr. Rabin began a vacation April
22 after his position in party
leadership became untenable due to
disclosures that he and his wife had
violated currency regulations by
keeping dollar accounts in a
Washington bank.
He said that he now wished to
resume office and transfer
responsibility to the next Prime
Minister.
Likud is negotiating with a
number of religious parties as well
as with a new political party, the
Democratic Movement for Change,
which is expected to have 15 seats in
Parliament. While it is
mathematically possible for Likud
to win a bare majority without that
party, Likud officials are seeking
the party's support in order to put
together as large a coalition as
possible.
Mr. Begin's illness raised some
questions about whom Likud would
choose for Prime Minister in the
event he could not serve. A Likud
spokesman said that the agreement
in the bloch, which comprises
several political groups, was that
the No. 1 spot belonged to the Herut-
Freedom ~ Movement, which is
controlled by Mr. Begin.
The next three names in order of
Continued on Page Eight
The Rabbinical Assembly
The following cable was sent to the
new Israeli leader, Menachem
Begin by the Conservative rab-
binate:
"Mazel Tov and heartfelt
blessings on your outstanding vic-
tory at the polls. We are heartened
by this manifestation of the ex-
pression of the democratic process
and as a tribute to your many years
of dedicated and unflagging
leadership. The voting reflects the
overwhelming identity of the
citizens of Israel with the principle
of the legitimacy of religious and
political pluralism.
We reaffirm our continued
adherence to this principle inherent
in Zionist ideology and the Israeli
tradition and we are confident that
these concepts will have your
sympathetic understanding. May
you pursue the path of peace and
conciliation with the same diligence
reflected in your lifelong service to
the Jewish people."
UOJC
Harold M. Jacobs, president of the
Continued on Page Eight
PAUL D. SLATER has been re-
appointed to a second term as 1978
general campaign chairman of the
Combined Jewish Philanthropies of
Greater Boston. A trustee of CJP
and member of its executive board,
Slater was the first New Englander
to be appointed National Heart Fund
chairman, American Heart
Association, and was the Greater
Boston Heart Fund general cam-
paign chairman for several years.
He is president of Albert M. Slater &
Son, real estate investors and one of
New England's largest private
financing organizations.
the position taken by the Ford ad-
ministration not to tolerate the use
by the Arab countries of the oil
weapon in negotiations for a Middle
East settlement.
State department spokesman
Hodding Carter referred to a
reporter's question on that point as
hypothetical. He also refused to give
an assessment of statements over
the weekend by Saudi Arabian
Crown Prince Fahd and Eygptian
Foreign Minister Ismail Fahmy that
brought the threats of an oil em-
bargo into the political process.
Fahd, who declared that "we want
eoce
the United States to throw all its
weight into the process of reaching a
Mideast settlement," also an-
nounced that Saudi Arabia is
"prepared" to raise the price of its
oil.
In a statement which he read to
the media, the state department
spokesman declared that "quiet
diplomacy offers the best prospects
for progress. He said he would not
speculate about what might happen
in hypothetical situations." He noted
that President Carter, in his Notre
Dame University commencement
Continued on Page Eight
JNF To Honor Jacob Cohen:
A 'Scholar's Scholar
by A. Alan Eliot
TO BE HONORED Jacob Cohen, shown in the book-lined room of his
Brookline apartment, will be honored by New England Jewry at the 34th
Annual Dinner of New England Jewish National Fund on Sunday evening,
June 5, at 6 p.m. at the Copley Plaza Hotel. A Woodland of 2,500 trees in
the American Bicentennial National Park, near Jerusalem, will be
established in his name.
At a time when there's much
handwringing by sociologists,
community planners and educators
about the bleak prospects for
Judaism, it's comforting to know
there is at least one knowledgeable
individual who sees a bright future
for American Jews.
He is Jacob Cohen of Brookline
whose entire life has been devoted to
scholarship and to Zionism and who
spent more than half a century
enlightening people about the needs
of a Jewish state.
"My confidence in the future of
American Jewry," declared the 84-
year old consultant to the New
England Jewish National Fund, "is
predicated on the fact that in these
United States we enjoy that freedom
and democratic faith which is
practically a guarantee for Jewish
survival, assimilation and in-
termarriage notwithstanding."
The widely respected Jacob
Cohen, a veritable ambulating
encyclopedia of instant history,
talmud, Hebrew literature and
scholarship, is far from alarmed
about recent surveys dealing with
Jewish education and Jewish
family-life in the Greater Boston
area.
"Freedom doesn't destroy
culture-any culture-if people know
how to use freedom and at the same
time have a knowledge and un-
derstanding of their culture."
Unlike many who are worried
about the low state in this area of
Jewish education, the erudite Jacob
Cohen, often-referred to as a
scholar's scholar, sees the
development of a stronger and
better-educated Jewish community
because of the all-day Hebrew
schools such as Maimonides and
Solomon Schecter schools.
This note of optimism is
Continued on Page Eight
EFFECTIVE RATE
7.087.
ON
6.75%
2 YEAR SAVINGS
CERTIFICATE
DIRECT DEPOSIT SOCIAL SECURITY CHECKS PLUS 5%!
When deposited to your FREE NOW checking account
ALL DEPOSITS INSURED IN FULL $45,000 SINGLE ACCOUNT- $90,000 JOINT ACCOUNT
C00LID6E CORNER CO-OPERATIVE BANK
1320 BEACON ST. COOLIDGE CORNER BROOKLINE 232-
ADDITIONAL HOURS FOR YOUR BANKING CONVENIENCE MONDAY 3 to 5 P.M. -SATURDAY 9 AM to 1 P.M $100MINIMUM DEPOSITS
EFFECTIVE RATE IF DIVIDENDS ARE LEFT TO ACCUMULATE